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Chocolate-Sauce Grasshopper Sundaes

Here’s a foolproof recipe that involves nothing more than assembling a few store-bought ingredients with a five-minute chocolate sauce. Make it once and it’ll soon become a stand-by whenever you want a little something sweet.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

12 store-bought chocolate wafer cookies
1 pint mint chocolate-chip ice cream
1/2 cup Chocolate Sauce (page 362), chilled for about 30 minutes, or store-bought chocolate sauce
Fresh mint, for garnish

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Divide the cookies and ice cream among 4 serving dishes.

    Step 2

    Dividing evenly, drizzle with the chocolate sauce; garnish with mint. Serve immediately.

Reprinted with permission from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast by Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Copyright © 2007 by Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Martha Stewart Living magazine was first published in 1990. Over the years, more than two dozen books have been published by the magazine's editors. Martha Stewart is the author of dozens of best-selling books on cooking, entertaining, gardening, weddings, and decorating. She is the host of The Martha Stewart Show, the successful daily syndicated television show.
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